The Didion disaster serves as a wake-up call for the industry. By implementing comprehensive dust management strategies ...

Industrial dust collection systems properly engineered for your facility enhance safety and efficiency by capturing airborne particles generated during dust-producing processes. This measure ensures ...

Industrial vacuum cleaners or wet/dry vacuums can help to prevent the development of dust clouds or electrical sparks that can be generated by compressed air systems. In recent years, OSHA has ...

In the safety message, Chairman Bresland noted that of eight catastrophic industrial dust explosions since 1995, all but one occurred during cold weather months. Four disastrous dust explosions ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Dust explosions can be among the most dangerous and costly workplace incidents. Dust builds up in agricultural, powder-handling or manufacturing settings, causing hazards to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue Extension workshop will help farmers and those who work in grain handling facilities better understand how to prevent grain dust combustion and explosion. The workshop, ...

Two lawmakers have introduced legislation that would compel OSHA to issue measures regulating combustible industrial dusts. The lawmakers hope the legislation will prevent explosions such as the one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Illustration by Lauren Cross/Investigate Midwest) Around 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in 2022, flames ripped through the bowels of ...

The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) presented its report Thursday about a fatal Kinston plant fire in 2003 and similar factory fires. Six people died and dozens were injured on Jan. 29, 2003, in an ...

Explosion venting is a means to protect vessels or structures and prevent a catastrophic event by understanding the value of a combustible dust explosion prevention plan. This FREE webinar will ...

Dust Safety Science is excited to announce the "Dust Explosion Safety and Dust Hazard Analysis Demystified" Online Training Program, on September 17th, 2024 HALIFAX ...

Researchers have developed an image- and video-based application using OpenCV algorithms that detect explosible suspended dust concentration. The app uses a camera or a video recording device to image ...